http://twitchy.com/dougp-3137/2022/06/29/amazing-stuff-cassidy-hutchinsons-sworn-j6-testimony-is-being-pivoted-to-anecdote-status/
Testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson to the January 6th Commission set lefty & anti-Trump Twitter on fire, but her statements are being disputed by people who were actually there on that day:
Peter Alexander (@PeterAlexander) ~ NEW: @SecretService spox Anthony Gugliemi tells me the agents in Trump’s presidential SUV are “available to testify under oath, responding to [Hutchinson’s] new allegations.” (1/2)
{Cont.} A source close to the Secret Service says both men dispute Trump grabbed the steering wheel or assaulted an agent. They do not deny that Trump was irate and demanded they drive to the Capitol. (2/2)
However, after Hutchinson’s testimony, the media immediately started reporting what was said without reminding readers that the “witness” didn’t actually witness anything firsthand:
Reuters (@Reuters) ~ As his supporters moved on to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, an irate President Donald Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of the White House limousine when he was told he would not be taken to the Capitol, former aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified.
http://reut.rs/3Ac9bpY
However, a possible media pivot has been spotted:
Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) ~ What's so interesting about this anecdote is its the one anecdote that Hutchinson said she heard second hand. She didn't witness this incident -- and said so. Interesting that the committee had her testify about that.
Jake Sherman is a former Politico writer who is now a "political analyst" for NBC & MSNBC.
Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) ~ Journalists are now calling sworn testimony an "anecdote." Just amazing stuff.
An under oath “anecdote” that will no doubt still be pushed by the J6 committee as fact.
The J6 Committee contains proven liars such as Rep. Adam Schiff, so “anecdotes” and/or flat-out lies will be welcomed as long as they contribute to the desired narrative.
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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